Kentucky AG Russell Coleman Leads Multi-State Block Against Meta in Historic Trillion-Dollar Lawsuit
Kentucky AG Russell Coleman leads 28 states in a trillion‑dollar lawsuit accusing Meta of addictive, harmful design targeting minors.Summary
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman leads a coalition of 28 states in a federal lawsuit filed in Oakland, California, alleging that Meta deliberately designed addictive social‑media features that harm minors, a claim the company denies. The suit seeks systemic reforms and potentially hundreds of billions in penalties, drawing a parallel to the 1990s Big Tobacco litigation, and aims to compel safety controls rather than force the platforms demise. Coleman warned that the algorithms expose young users to self‑harm, pornography and other dangerous content, and he said, "The doom scrolling for long periods of time... the interrupted time kids [experience]... the algorithms that lead them to the darker side of things that target our little girls... bring them to self-harm... the ubiquitous pornography... the dark stuff that our young men are being exposed to".
(Source：Wave 3 News)